The Official Recipe Thread - Share your favorite meal and how to make it...lol

So I thought we all probably got some great dishes to share with each other.

Here is my favorite meal called Tostado's (not a "chalupa" ...lol)

1. The tostada shell - You can buy already made shells but I recommend you make them home made style.

a. Put tiny amount of corn oil in pan with low heat then flip over and over til you get crisp tostada shell then make as many as you want and put aside for now​

2. The beans - I recommend "mayo-coba" beans but you can use refried beans in a can also. Another bean almost identical in taste and texture is the "Peruano Beans". However with "mayo-coba" you'll have to cook them your self as they don't come pre-cooked at least in my part of the world

a. First rinse the beans then let them soak for about 3-4 hrs. This helps the gases release. Then cook at low heat until soft not crunchy. I suggest you put them with new pan and a little oil and salt then as they heat up mash them until they are refried.​

3. The toppings - Well there are no rules to toppings you can put on a tostada but here is what I put.

a. Lettuce or cabbage. I prefer a sliced up cabbage​

b. Cheese. I like the mexican cheese cojita or cheddar but any cheese will do​

c. Chopped Tomatoes. I like roma tomato's but again do what you like​

d. avocado​

e. salsa, hot sauce​

f. Cilantro​

Also don't forget you can use meats if you like but in general making tostado's is a healthy, quick and easy to make meal that anyone from a vegan to carnivoir can enjoy

"It is made by pressing a thin layer of masa dough around the outside of a small mold and then deep frying it to produce a crisp shallow corn cup. It is typically filled with shredded pork meat, a slice of onion, and a piece of chipotle pepper. Although in Americanized form they comprises a taco-like casing filled with ground beef, onion and sour cream."

They only call it "a tostada platter" because it sorta looks like one but is completely different

Even in the tostada wiki no reference to an "chalupa" is even referenced so really it's lack of description that lumps the super delicious tostada with the kinda greasy and not so popular chalupa!

Best pic of "chalupa"

Notice it's "Boat like" shape. That's a "Chalupa"

and direct comparison

One has thick doughy shell like taco bell "chalupa" and the other crisp hard shell like tostada...lol

Actually to be fair I spent a lot of time on the internet seeing what "chalupa's" look like with net pic's so yea it kinda looks the same so really a soft taco, tostada, "chalupa", and sopa are really only distinguished by thickness of shell and crispyness or not of shell. Stuff people put in these "containers/shell type edible vessels" are pretty much the same...lol

LOL, you sure spent a lot of time, but believe me, I'm from latin america (although not mexican), the "shell" they're made varies with the region, in some regions it's made with fried tortilla just as the tostada (that's why I was saying that they're the same), here you can get a more detailed description (but is in spanish )

LOL, you sure spent a lot of time, but believe me, I'm from latin america (although not mexican), the "shell" they're made varies with the region, in some regions it's made with fried tortilla just as the tostada (that's why I was saying that they're the same), here you can get a more detailed description (but is in spanish )

Chalupa (food)
The boats are a type of Mexican food consumed on weekends especially at night or typical food during the celebration of Mexico's independence
In Mexico, can be found in positions of snacks, chaluperías or diner in states like Hidalgo, Puebla, Estado de Mexico, Mexico City, etc.
[edit]Preparation
Chalupa typical of Pachuca, Hidalgo
There are different types of boats depending on the region where they are eaten. In central Mexico, the boats are prepared from tortilla, potato, chicken, cheese, green sauce, lettuce, onions and radishes. The tortilla is fried in hot oil or butter, add a little mashed potato, cooked green sauce, finely chopped lettuce, shredded chicken, cheese basket and a small wheel at the end of radish. The boats are generally small and are one of the popular Mexican dishes overnight.
In southern Iraq the boats are prepared from tortilla, salsa (green or red), onions and meat (beef, chicken or pork). The tortilla is fried in hot oil, then serve 5 on a plate and add the sauce either green or red meat accompanied by shredded beef and a little chopped fresh onion. In Caborca, Sonora are prepared from cabbage, tomato, cheese, cucumber, salsa and chamoy.

Funny I've noticed that basically in many languages "chalupa" means house or boat whereas "tostada" means toasted or burn't so I think we have a language thing meaning they might be the same but I still think if it has a crispy flat shell it's a tostada and if that shell is kinda thicker and soft you have a "chalupa" but whatever man they both sound yummy ...lol

BEWARE - This recipe has been transformed from a person who resides on the "dark side" to the recipe here I have to share on the "light side" of the force. So it is safe to eat and make Best to use all organic ingredients to avoid any chance of dark side encounter

Beef stroganoff over rice

1. First you brown some very low fat ground beef. (1lb)

2. Then after all the grease has been drained out you add these things to the mix and cook further

A. Onions preferably white ​

1/2 onion

B. Half cup of sour cream about​

C. And approx a half cup of a can of "cream of chicken soup"​

Then after all that mixes and has cooked little further put over white rice

Into the glass dish, slice/cut all the veggies into whatever size you like best
Place the chicken tenders on top of the mixture.
Add the water.
Sprinkle the dry ingredients over the mixture.
Distribute butter slices evenly over the mixture.
Cover with foil.
Place in center of oven and let bake for 50 minutes.
Remove dish from oven and remove the foil.
Turn oven over to broil and at 500 degrees.
Place the dish back in the oven for 5 minutes.
Remove dish from oven.
Turn the chicken tenders over.
Place dish back in oven for another 5 minutes, or until the chicken
begins to brown.
Remove the dish from the oven and let it cool enough to eat.

I like this. Simple to make, tastes great and only dirties up one dish.